Worcestershire players remember spinner Baker

Josh Baker playing for Worcestershire
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Josh Baker's death [Getty Images]

Worcestershire's players have remembered spinner Josh Baker in their first game since the 20-year-old's death.

Before Friday's County Championship match against Kent, both teams held a minute's applause at Canterbury.

The Pears are also wearing Baker's squad number, 33, under the club's crest on the front of their shirts for the rest of the season.

Baker died on 2 May, a day after taking three wickets in a Worcestershire second XI match.

He played 47 games in all formats for Worcestershire, taking 70 wickets, including two County Championship matches this season.

Worcestershire chief executive said the death of Baker had left everyone at the county "devastated".

The club has not said how he died.

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